That therefore the¹ protection and commandment of the princes and magistrates makes it much more peaceable, though² no whit at all more lawful, to walk in the ways and ordinances of Jesus Christ which He has commanded His church to keep without spot and unrebukable until His appearing in the end of the world. And³ that in this behalf the brethren thus minded and proceeding as is before said, do both continually supplicate to God, and as they may, to their princes and governors that thus and under them they may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

1. Proverbs 16:15; Daniel 6:25–26; Ezra 5–6; Acts 9:31; 1 Timothy 2:2; Revelation 21:24 ↩︎
2. Daniel 6:7–10, 22; Matthew 28:20; Luke 21:12–13; Acts 4:18–19; 5:28–29; 1 Timothy 5:21; 6:13–14 ↩︎
3. 2 Chronicles 15:1–2; Psalm 72:1ff.; Haggai 1:4, 14; 2:5; 1 Timothy 2:2 ↩︎